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The Ministry of National Development is at it again. It has taken the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) to task again for submitting its audited financial statements late for the 5th year straight and for "persistent lapses" pertaining to its financial accounts.

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MND is deeply concerned with the latest findings in the KPMG report (“the Report”) on its review of past payments made by the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC).The Report found serious legal and other regulatory breaches, and improper payments made from Town Council funds running into millions of dollars. The Report also identified the possibility of criminal conduct. These findings by KPMG are serious. There has been a significant loss of public monies.

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Lastly, both agencies operate and manage public car parks. The key word here is ‘public’. Both agencies are government agencies. They should have public in the mind when making decisions, not comparing with private car parks nor global cities car park rates. We pay taxes to government to manage the country, not for government to fleece the public and increase their profit from the existing ‘huge profit’.

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The government is planning to increase public car park rates for all public car parks, the Straits Times has reported. The Housing Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority both confirmed with the paper that they are planning to introduce price hikes of both short term and season parking schemes soon.

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The Ministry of National Development announced on Saturday that AHPETC's managing agent, FM Solutions and Services (FMSS) has been "profiteering" off the town council. MND claims that after a review of FMSS's auditor, Teo Liang Chye and Co, when AHPETC suffered an operating deficit of $2 million dollars, FMSS made an after-tax profit of $2 million after paying its directors $1.14 million.

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According to the Building and Construction Authority of Sigapore (BCA), construction quality for newly built Housing Development Board (HDB) flats has improved over the years. Assessors from the BCA, who conduct inspections on different corners of the flat such as the quality of the home, its workmanship and whether it is safe to live in, use a scored checklist under the Construction Quality Assessment System (Conquas), which reflects the overall workmanship quality. The higher the Conquas score, which is upon 100, the better the workmanship.